Joe Biden Sees Strongest Grassroots Fundraising Hour Since Campaign Launched After Muffled Debate Performance

https://people.com/joe-biden-strongest-grassroots-fundraising-hour-after-debate-8671051

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  1. You mean the debate might not have been the DOOM CRISIS FIASCO APOCALYPSE the headlines would have us believe?

  4. I don’t care about his debate performance; he’s still the only candidate that will defend democracy from the MAGA fascists. And get the SCOTUS repaired after Mitch’s steals.

  5. …let’s move on then…this election may have a ‘Weekend at Bidens’ feel and I’m ok with it…we need the House and Senate to go Democratic too to counter the impact of the undemocratic Federalist and their proposed Project 2025…it’s also time to address their impact on the $COTUS corruption…

  6. Why, pray tell, are not Trump’s endless Lies not the real story here?

  8. No time for hand wringing and laziness. This is a fight, got to have his back.

  9. If Joe drops out, which I hope not, Trump will win, incumbents always have an advantage, it’s too late for any new candidate to challenge Trump. Biden might still win, mb by one vote.

  10. And how much, exactly, was that? Article doesn’t say and I see nothing about it in the comments.

    More that was donated to trump in the hour after his conviction?

  11. It’s almost like some people aren’t buying the media bullshit that both sides deserve equal criticism cause “fairness” and people see right through the bullshit “a stutter is somehow as bad as a convicted felon”

  12. Democrats win by high turnout. If everyone gets too sure Joe is going to win, they won’t show up. This “crisis” only helps Joe Biden. Replacing him would be disastrous. Scared Democrats will ensure a win for Democrats. It sucks, but that’s how this works. Trump support has dwindled. We are several months from the election. This debate will be very much in the rear view window by then.

  13. The number of emails and SMS that I get begging for money went up about 500%.

  14. Democrats need to stop letting conservatives trick them into believing Trump “won” the debate. He ranted about none of the questions and said lies the whole time. Yes both candidates suck, but come on people, stop letting maga trick you into thinking Biden was the horrible one.

  15. I don’t think pundits realize that the concern people have with Biden’s age 1)isn’t a new concern that most have already reconciled with and 2) pales in comparison to Trump’s problems of both being old and a massive threat to our democracy. Every Biden supporter or ones that lean Biden knows Biden is old but an effective president. Obviously we don’t want to repeat this again next election but it’s not like anyone’s mind was going to change that Biden is old and does old person things sometimes 

  16. This is absolute horseshit nonsense. His best fundraising hour after literally the worst hour of the entire campaign??

    The Dems have been on a full-out blitz of gaslighting within the last 24 hours trying to make everyone pretend it was just a bad night instead of a confirmation of every worry we (and undecided voters) have had for a while. I hope it’s all for show and the actual work of getting Biden to understand it’s over is happening behind the scenes.

  17. I just donated to him for the first time this cycle. The debate only highlighted how dangerous Donald Trump is. He has to be defeated.

  20. If I’m given the choice between Biden & Trump, there’s no question who I’m picking. I don’t think there’s any way you can convince a Trump supporter to vote otherwise, so if they can’t see the absurdity of another Trump term, I’ll hold a mirror up to them instead.

    If voting a convicted felon into office isn’t crazy, then don’t be surprised if I say I’d vote for Biden even if he can barely speak.

    If you’re proudly proclaiming that you support an obvious grifter, don’t be surprised if I say Biden is the greatest president of my lifetime (I’m 32 and yes I’m serious).

    If you think Trumps presidency was great because gas cost $2.40 in 2019, don’t be surprised if I say Biden’s was great because my wages literally tripled under his term.

    If you think Trump was great because there were no new wars in his four years, don’t be surprised if I say Biden was great because he got us out of the longest war in US history within his first year in office.

    I think Biden is the greatest president of this century so far. Deal with it. 🤷🏽‍♂️

  21. I’ve been posting for months that he’s just not a naturally good public speaker. This debate was a perfect example. He’s mastered public addresses but debate still gets to him. You can read the transcripts nd see everything he was saying during the debate was p much right on. He just couldn’t deliver it, especially with a cold. I’m not too concerned about the debates because I expect Trump to suffer a death of a thousand paper cuts for the rest of his life. Especially for the rest of this campaign. I hope his followers sees the light and do the needful.

  22. Folks on Reddit are not the norm. People calling for his ouster are loud on social media but talking to people my Age 50+ on a hike-we are all still ridin Biden.

  23. Social media (still) does not represent society. If it where up to Reddit they would be running AOC herself, because they cant fathom why anyone wouldn’t like a young socialist politician..

  24. I’m more behind him than ever. Trump wants to do evil shit.

  25. I just can’t believe how embarrassing Biden’s performance was… I mean I can because I know how old he is and this has been a concern for a long time. Seriously what do we do now do we let him continue or do we hope he bows out and is replaced by someone with youth and vigor? All the headlines everywhere from MSNBC to CNN state that the Democratic party and lawmakers are absolutely and panic mode.

  26. WTF is this article. What’s their definition of Grassroots fundraising? And when that’s the whole topic of the article they never actually mention how much he raised?

    This is literally copium, and not even good copium. Wouldn’t be surprised if ChatGPT wrote it.

  28. This is cool and all, but is money from the base a true measure of electoral support?

    Anyone willing to donate to Biden was already gonna vote Biden.

  29. I’m a progressive who likes Joe Biden’s work enough, despite a number of things I feel he’s been soft or inactive on. I’ll say candidly the performance was distressing enough for my circle of friends to all hit a moment of stress and say he didn’t do a good job in the debate and share the overall sentiment of wishing there was a younger and more energetic candidate up there for Dems.

    But there is no reality in which serial lies and nonsense attacks from a bigoted felon are going to make me want to vote for Biden any less or feel like voting didn’t matter. And the fact that the concern is whether people feel disaffected by the debate reflects how we’ve gotten politically jammed up the last decade.

    People not voting in 2016 helped give us Trumpism. You can’t seriously look at both candidates and say “well screw it, it’s all bad because Joe’s tired”, and honestly say the hyped up lies were more worthy of leadership and holding office. Yeah it stinks if you just feel like you’re voting ‘against’ a candidate, but the alternative is that we allow our voice to be silenced via apathy and more of the embarrassing actions and harmful policies from Rs.

    If you’ve ever felt tired or been hurt by the behavior and policy of MAGA Republicans, you can’t give them an inch at the polls. 4 years of their ideology would just make it worse and it’s got to be stymied at all levels. It will take a bit to completely reject the worst parts of their ideology and it’s exhausting, but the more they have a say in government then the longer we have to live with it.

  31. On one side we have: A convicted felon, stemming from an incident where he cheated on his wife with a porn star. Who has committed sexual assault. Led a large group of people to overthrow our Government. Is only 3 years younger than his opponent. And spent the majority of the night on stage lying to the public and insulting any and everyone. But we’re only being told by pundits, internet experts and the media that Biden is the problem here for muttering.

    Yes, Biden is old. Trump is too. Only one is a felon. Only one tried to lead an insurrection. Only one thinks calling people “Palestinian” is an insult. Only one thinks there are Black jobs and Hispanic jobs. And it ain’t Biden.

  33. I 100% believe Biden had a cold during the debate. He looked a lot better the day after. That said, I really wish our choice wasn’t between two geriatrics.

  35. Are we going to look back on this as some kind of absurd five dimensional backgammon moment

  36. Not stopping my vote. Will crawl over glass to vote for democracy

  37. It was a debate! Jfc people. That does not indicate his ability to continue as president. Yes he’s old. Yes he gaffs. Yes he fucks up. Does he have 34 convicted felonies and is a proven rapist? NO! Support Biden or say goodbye to your freedom. That’s the bottom line.

  38. I heard someone else on Reddit say that Republicans vote for who is the good enough candidate, while Democrats vote for who is the perfect candidate. It is what makes us lose so many elections. Republicans would vote for the slimiest piece of orange crap out there, while Democrats only vote for who deserves their vote. Give me a break. We have to stop voting like this or trump will win again.

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